Too long

It's been too long since I've posted anything. I'd like to say that I've been extremely busy, but the truth is that sometimes I go through phases of absolute laziness and extreme lack of motivation. Over the last month, I have actually finished a few doodles and even finally finished a quilt I just didn't take the time to sit down and write and get it posted. So without further ado...

Knot - by Angie Wallace

Scribbles - by Angie Wallace

?? - by Angie Wallace

Growth - by Angie Wallace

Flow - by Angie Wallace

Most of these were just simple doodles, messing around, trying new patterns, etc. The last one is my favorite though. I had started out thinking that I would fill the string with as many overlapping lines as possible, but then this emerged and I like it much better than what I had in mind.

Hearts Afloat, Hearts on Fire

Now that things have calmed down from the move, I actually had time to doodle this week. I've been wanting to try a Zendala so I decided to combine The Bright Owls' Zendala Dare (#62) with the Diva Challenge (#124) this week. And I accidentally did the Diva's #123 as well.

The Diva challenge this week was an open challenge with disaster's in mind. When I started drawing I was thinking about the flooding of the Diva's hometown, but also of my two home states of Colorado and Arizona that have multiple fires burning. With that in mind and the zendala template this just popped into my head.

Hearts Afloat, Hearts on Fire - by Angie Wallace

I used micron pens and watercolor pencils (not on watercolor paper, so it's a little warped).

Busy but getting back to normal

The last couple weeks have been a bit crazy. We moved across town which isn't nearly as hectic as moving to another state, but still almost as exhausting. Life is starting to get back to normal though... almost everything is unpacked and I'm finding myself with small piles of random stuff that needs a home. I'll get there eventually.

In any case, with as crazy as it's been I haven't drawn so much as a dot or a line for over two weeks. I still wanted to put up a couple things though. So here are a couple of favorites from last year. Enjoy!

Car Rides Are Bumpy - by Angie Wallace

A Splash of Color - by Angie Wallace

Stripes - by Angie Wallace

Bluebird on a Wire

I am moving. I hate moving. I hate packing. I'm one of those overly organized people who wants every space in a box filled, but I want it all to be from the same area - like not mixing knick knacks from the living room with dishes from the kitchen. I know, that's totally unrealistic, but unfortunately that's how my brain works. Thankfully my awesome hubby started packing non-essentials months ago so we don't have a ton left to do, but that also means we're down to packing boxes of random stuff. Ugh. At any rate, it will be over soon. By the end of the week we should be happily settled into our new digs on the other side of town.

Anywho... in the midst of all this chaos I realized that although I finished one piece for the diva challenge last week I never got to do a second one and never submitted anything. Oops. So the first (and accidentally last) tangle that I did, I loved until I finished it. I started on the outside of the circle and worked my way in and I absolutely hate the center. Other than that, I like the way this one turned out, especially the third layer in. I had planned to do a second piece, but obviously got distracted. In any case, here is what I would've submitted.

Bluebird on a wire - by Angie Wallace

Something different

Since I've been in the world of doodling, occasionally some random idea will creep into my head and most of the time I write the idea down so I can think on it for a bit until the ultimate inspiration hits me. I think this is the quickest I've actually completed one of those random drawings.

On my drive home from work the other day I was listening to a very funny a capella song that summarizes Mozart's Magic Flute and pictures just kept popping into my head. If I can ever find out who sang the song and find it online somewhere, I'll link it... kind of bummed that I couldn't find it to share.

Anywho... I came home and put my ideas on paper... and only a couple days later this is the finished product.

Mozart's Magic Flute - by Angie Wallace

Totally different from my usual stuff, but I kind of like it. And I must say, shading does wonders for simple line drawings. Before I added all of that I almost hated how it turned out. Overall, I think I like it though.

A challenge?

Through my tangling exploits I've run across quite a few blogs where people show off their art. One that I found is I am the diva. She posts a weekly challenge, which isn't always complicated, but is definitely a way to expand your range, learn new concepts, or learn new tangles. I have completed a couple on my own, but never submitted one. So even though this one is super simple... here's my first submission for the diva challenge - #120.

Bales - Diva Challenge #120 - by Angie Wallace

This is a design I've used before, but I don't think I've ever just done one tile using one tangle (or 'monotangle' as the diva calls it). It's not awesome, but I kind of like the simplicity of this one.

And in my typical fashion...

...four months later... my next post. After I posted my last post, life happened again and I didn't really feel like writing. But I did feel like drawing...

Last year, my Mom came to visit and she showed me a book called Zentangle Basics by Suzanne McNeill. I was pretty much instantly addicted. I don't do it every day... Like all my other hobbies I go through phases where I'll do a bunch in a week and then nothing for a while. I got to the point a few months ago where I wanted to start sharing my work, but didn't feel like a blog was where I wanted to do it so I opened an account at deviantART. It's fine and I've been pinning my work to Pinterest from there, but every now and then I feel like writing so... I'm going to start posting my stuff here too.

Here are two of my most recent doodles. The first is on a 3" tile. I used Pigma Micron 02 black with some graphite for shading.

Mini Pod - by Angie Wallace 5/13

The second is on the back of my daily dot-to-dot calendar (seriously the best daily calendars I've ever had - calendar, dot-to-dot fun, scratch paper, quilt designs, tangle tiles... what's not to love?). This one I used a uni-ball Signo pen... because that's what I had handy and sometimes it just looks cool.

Red Pods - by Angie Wallace 5/13

So there you have it. I will probably post some of my older stuff along with newer stuff as I go. I have started an A-B-C series... and I do random doodles... and I'm working on a gigantic project on the side and it's going to be awesome eventually but I don't want to say what it is until I have more of it finished. I think it's a completely original take on another unrelated concept so I'm going to keep it a secret for a while.